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- Surface Mining
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- Underground Mining
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Underground Drill Rig Simulators |
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  It is well known that mistakes made in the drilling cycle have extensive downstream cost implications. The effective training of operators of complex drill rig machinery in mining operations is therefore critical for optimising productivity, improving safety and minimising operating costs.
The CYBERMINE drill rig simulator range has been developed in collaboration with several of the larger drill rig equipment manufacturers to provide for the training, re-training and evaluation of drill rig operators in an underground mining environment.
The CYBERMINE drill rig operator is immersed in a highly realistic, 3D operating mine world, projected on the three wide screen displays located about the operator’s cab. The entire drill rig cab is replicated to provide all drilling and tramming instruments and controls, correctly located about the operator.
The simulated mine world comes complete with typical tunnel geometry, drill faces of varying complexities (camber, slope and drill patterns) and other essential areas and features typically encountered underground. Artificially intelligent equipment, miners and other such entities exist in the world in support of the drill rig training and evaluation process.
During the simulators drilling cycle, the operator performs all drilling training tasks that would be required in the actual vehicle. Realistic drilling module behavioural dynamics, hydraulics and interactions with simulated rock characteristics (rock hardness, drillability and fissures) provide a highly realistic drilling experience in which safety and productivity may be accurately measured.
Whilst tramming, the operator must employ due care and skill in order to avoid damage to vehicle components through collisions with the ceiling, walls and floor. Correct placement and deployment of the carrier module is required prior to drilling in the marked areas.
The operator’s performance is continually monitored and recorded, in terms of drilling accuracies, adherence to safety procedures, correct equipment handling techniques and response to emergency situations and failures. These performance reports together with the instructor’s after-action review capability provide a complete training and evaluation system.
Highly efficient and effective training is therefore realised with no loss of production and no danger of accidents, even in the most complex of emergency situations to which the operator might be expected to respond.
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